I found something disturbing about this piece.
I have not independently confirmed it.
Brian W
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Ex-official warned against testifying on NSA programs
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
January 12, 2006
The National Security Agency has warned a former intelligence officer that
he should not testify to Congress about accusations of illegal activity at
NSA because of the secrecy of the programs involved.
Renee Seymour, director of NSA special access programs stated in a
Jan. 9 letter to Russ Tice that he should not testify about secret electronic
intelligence programs because members and staff of the House and Senate
intelligence committees do not have the proper security clearances for
the secret intelligence.
Miss Seymour stated that Mr. Tice has "every right" to speak to
Congress and that NSA has "no intent to infringe your rights."
However, she stated that the programs Mr. Tice took part in were
so secret that "neither the staff nor the members of the
[House intelligence committee] or [Senate intelligence committee] are
cleared to receive the information covered by the special access
programs, or SAPs."
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